I'm interested in newer software/software stack to use in writing technical papers. For the longest time I have been use LaTeX to handle this but in looking at getting longer pieces published, such as ...

My situation is such that I will be looking for a new job next week as this contract ends. For a tech writer, it is good to have DITA on the ole' resume. So, I just wanted to know if anyone has a site ...

I've seen that each language has its own rules when using the colon. In Spanish, it's not needed to capitalize:
Los elementos incluyen: secado, lavado, etc.
In French is the same, and even they put ...

I'm not a native English speaker, and I find that my English writing contains too many definite article "the" when writing scientific reports, and too many "I" when writing in informal settings (like ...

So I'm writing a new edition of an old textbook, and I need some way of keeping track of what needs to be done, and what I have done.
I could use paper - but I tend to lose that. Or even a plain text ...

I've spent the last few days building a website that I want to use a showcase for my written work, and as a personal blog. What fundamental changes should I make to improve a viewer's experience?
The ...

I'm writing a book on Windows and I need some guidelines.
On the cover of the book, as part of the subtitle, may I include Windows® in it?
Inside the book, do I have to use the ® every single little ...

I've opened a question in another section: http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/6911/is-this-question-possible-in-this-section
The question is pretty unclear but for me is really hard ...

Is there any widely accepted step by step method for writing a creative article in a professional manner. I want to improve my English writing skills in relation to creative article writing.
I read ...

As I had asked in another part of Stackexchange (didn't know about this part until some comments there) I'm writing manuals (mostly for computer games, but in addition to this also for tabletop games, ...

For a variable bounded between 0 and 1 inclusive, [0,1], should I use a leading zero when quoting a number?
E.g. the probability of rain is 0.5 or .5 (I realize this should technically be 50%, but I ...

I am going to be writing some user-facing documentation for a database that visitors can query. That is, the people writing queries are not the ones who created the database; they can come in, look ...

I noticed that proper nouns, such as names of theorems or techniques are often set in italics in scientific writing but not always. Are there rules about it, for example each proper noun should be set ...

Suppose I am writing a chapter about some deep technical subject (say, for instance, "boolean variables"). This theme is riddled with idiosyncrasies and misunderstandings, so I would like to present ...

I and one or more co-authors, sometimes geographically distributed, are working on a set of related documents. Sometimes I will make a change in my part that has effects on someone else's part; this ...

we have made a dissertation about a type of insect called Pine Processionary Moth.
we have upplied some statistical methods on it: data analysis and cluster analysis!! we have almost finished, but i ...

My company currently maintains our technical documentation (User's Guide) in Google Docs. With each release I produce a PDF that we host on our website.
Here are the features of Google Docs that work ...

This question pertains to author/contributor order and grouping on a technical document.
I performed tests on some equipment and had two other people directly involved.
My boss and his boss need to ...

I'm preparing technical documentation for some software. For the installation, there are lots of screen grabs and they all have Figure x captions. What's the correct styling and means of referencing ...